ive a kit flying

i liberated a kit ov 3 birds today at 9am still playing about up in the heavens they needed a fly so i thought why not .will hopefully drop them about 3 .ive put 2 cocks out with 1 hen

All the best mate just as long as it ain't to cold

they will come down from heavens if its to cold don then settle into a steady fly much lower which is wot i want as its easier to drop them

Remember watching the tippler men on my estate when i was flying in partnership with dad, but the best was if they were flying in competition on a sunday and the racing lads were racing on a sunday also

Then there would be a few choice words pasted

aye there would be mate any thing with a bit ov white in it brings tipplers down .ive just checked on mine don and there flying well nice steady flight pattern but they have lowered a bit so temperatures must be falling

Not sure if you would know them but a 2 friends of mine held a record first was E Anslow old birds and A Whitehouse youngbirds

But it is amazing how a small pigeon can fly so long some conditioning hey Billy

there only flying on depurative with a touch ov hemp and oil seed at the moment dont want to feed em a proper diet just yet i wait till febuary then start conditioning them

Remember seeing there feed being only depurative most of the time but not just barley on it's own but when you consider how the racing man feeds for such a small pigeon they are amazing for the way they fly

i cant wait to breed some more young birds as these are late breds plus ive aquired some quality birds these 3 birds are just to keep me from getting bored feeding cleaning out flying them i love it don !!

Can see there teams of 3 in there individual boxes so different to us race men but very complexed

As you know through Ian i don't fly at the moment family work commitments but can say once pigeons are in your blood they are in forever mate

dropped them birds down at quater to 3 don they would have flew longer so am happy they got a few hours in they came down and pruned themselves for 10 mins had a drink then into kit boxes fed them 15 mins later there all tucked up now

theres a rooler flying about round the houses its in with the ferals it looks thin but wont cum in with the droppers so it will have to starve would have fed it then threw it back out to hopefully go home

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silly question but, do they fly for long periods simply because of the breed they are......or is it partly due to management/conditioning ?

breed david conditioning helps to get long hours tho

ah right, so do you think that with your experrience of flying this type of bird it would help you condition racers better to fly longer when exercising........?

excellent question david i mite give it a go tho as i do know a few racing men but if im really honest racers are racers and tipplers are tipplers mate different birds altogether so i think i will let it pass

but if you want a recipe to give it a go david just let me know

going on past experience ive never quite been able to get them exercising for a decent amount of time.......the ybs especially seem to want to land at the first oppertunity.

young tipplers start flapping there wings and lifting off the flight then before you know it david there like dots in the clouds thats why its important to keep them hungry did you know thousands are lost each year and are never seen again some people say they just go up up up and upupup never come down dont know myself but its feesible mate ive saw mine go up then dissapear cant even see them with binoculars!!!! thats the honest truth

My birds fly for about 10 mins and they have flown all I ask of them but they more or less open hole a bird dont have to fly for hours to be fit I have found when you go to longer races two three short ones then jump them in if your bird is right they will do the job

yes mate, they go higher than you'd think they would

i think a few ov mine are astronauts